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replace RAID controller and keep raid5 configuration

On my system I want to replace my RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05) with a PERC H310. Will it be possible to import the existing RAID5 configuration with the new controller? My system boots from a…
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See Pike raid status in ESXi 6.7

I am using ESXi 6.7 and have an Asus Pike 3108 card in the server. When I browse the Host | Monitor | Hardware | Storage I can see: Avago (LSI) MegaRAID SAS Invader Controller #0 But the status is unknown. My understanding is that the VIB…
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MegaRAID storage manager update and now tons of media errors

I was just poking around a 5 year old server and noticed the MegaRAID storage manager (14.08.01) appeared to be not responding. The server has been running for something like 400 days without rebooting. I didn't want to reboot it so I installed the…
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Debian - Installation of LSI MegaRAID SNMP AGENT

My OS is : Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.9 (jessie) Release: 8.9 Codename: jessie I succeded to install the MegaRaid Storage Manager and I can use StorCli. # dpkg --install lib-utils2_1.00-9_all.deb without…
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How to add a hotspare with storcli to a LSI MegaRAID controller?

I have a LSI MegaRAID controller. I pulled out a failed drive and replaced it with a good one. I didn't run any special storcli commands before this, I just swapped the drives. Unsure if that was a mistake. It shows up as UGood: 32:8 26 UGood …
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Is RAID 170 a Proprietary RAID Config or a Combination of Traditional RAID Configs?

I acquired a Cisco c240 M4 with twenty-four (24) 800 GB SATA SSD. I requested the engineers configure the disks in two separate RAID 10 arrays (18 + 4), plus with a hot spare for each. The LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager was installed and I used it to…
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Disable hardware RAID controller

I have a storage server with Supermicro X9SCL(+)/X9SCM motherboard and MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i controller. I want to disable RAID to access HDDs directly from OS for further softraid setup. Motherboard manual says there should 4 options: Disabled,…
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MegaRAID: what does "Is VD emulated: No" mean

When executing "MegaCLI -LdInfo -LdAll -a0", some of my servers report a property "Is VD emulated: No", and some report "Is VD emulated: Yes". I could not find an explanation for this setting, or how to change it. The storcli program allows to "set…
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Convert single disk raid0 to raid1 on an LSI megaraid controller

I have a server with an LSI Megaraid raid controller which has a single disk for the OS configured in raid0 What i want to do, is add a second brand new disk for redundancy and convert the raid0 to raid1 without losing the data on the first disk Is…
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Recovering Megaraid Storage Array After Power Outage

I suspect I know the answer to this (namely, that there is no hope whatsoever), but thought I'd take the liberty of asking the question in the unlikely event there may be some hope, however remote it may be. I have a server with an old LSI 8888ELP…
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LSI MegaRAID Bios - Loop where I have to delete Virtual Drive because of Preserved Cache

My server crashed tonight. I suspect the disks being full. I have four SSDs of the same kind connected to a LSI MegaRaid 4-port controller. The disk in slot 1 seems to be troublesome. I guess I could get it replaced. The problem I am running into…
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Erasing Server RAID Hard disks (SAS and SATA) for decomissioning

We are in a process of decomissioning a handfull of Fujitsu Primergy Servers. Before of course, we want to make sure that the hard disks are completely wiped out. But it seems there is no way to format hard disks one by one as the RAID array…
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Xenserver 6.5 LSI MegaRAID

Is there a package available to install the MegaCLI on XenServer6.5? For 6.5 there is this [1] but 6.5 has another kernel. XenServer 6.5 is based on CentOS6.5 (right?), so I also tried the kmod-megaraid_sas-06.806.08.00_el6.5-1.x86_64.rpm but that's…
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LSI megaraid - config raid and non-raid

I have this configuration of server IBM X3650 M4 IBM ServeRAID M5110e 300GB x3 SAS (config as RAID 5) 1TB x1 SAS (config as normal disk, non-raid) Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard I would like the system behave like the following: OS install in…
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megacli lost virtual disk raid configuration

I've been running centos on x64 with an LSI raid controller description: RAID bus controller product: MegaRAID SAS 1078 vendor: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic i was trying to delete one of my 6 virtual disks with…
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